Posts Tagged ‘Thompson School District’

Thompson one of five award recipients
Rocky Mountain Performance Excellence announces five 2011 award winners
Thompson School District is one of five organizations in a three-state region to receive an award from Rocky Mountain Performance Excellence (RMPEx), formerly Colorado Performance Excellence.
RMPEx is the Baldrige program in Colorado, Montana and Wyoming. For 10 years, they have been helping organizations on the journey to performance excellence.
The
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Opening Ceremonies at 10 AM for the 2011 Thompson Robotics EXPO Saturday October 29, 2011
Seventy-eight teams from the Thompson School District, around the state, and Utah will converge on Loveland High this Saturday, October 29 for the 5th Annual Thompson Robotics EXPO. The event will include a FIRST® LEGO® League scrimmage for grades 3-8, a VEX Robotics Qualifier for Worlds, grades 6-12, and a variety of exhibits.
SparkFun from Boulder, a creator and reseller of pieces and parts
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Press Release
The Thompson School District Board of Education unanimously denied a charter school application from Red Rock Academy during a special meeting today. A resolution for denial listed nine key reasons for the action (resolution attached).
The vote by the board follows weeks of discussion, several open meetings, a community forum and reviews by the community, staff and the District Accountability Committee. The next step for the founders of Red Rock Academy in
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The Thompson School District Accountability Advisory Committee which monitors school effectiveness plans and the district's accountability process will meet at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 8 at the Thompson School District Administration Building, 800 South Taft Avenue, Loveland. The public is invited.

Residents, district staffers, school board members speak out at meeting
By Shelley Widhalm
Reporter-Herald Staff Writer
Posted: 10/19/2011 11:26:00 PM MDT
BERTHOUD -- Red Rock Academy got a resounding "no" during public comment Wednesday at the Thompson Board of Education meeting.
Not one of the 26 speakers who addressed the school board on the charter school application showed his or her support.
District staffers gave that lack of community support as one of the
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Each Thompson School District high school offers one or more specialized programs designed to enrich the educational experience for students. If you would like to learn more about these educational programs, please attend any of the following evening opportunities. You will see informational presentations and have an opportunity to ask questions about each program.
Berthoud High School, November 1, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.: Pre-Advanced Placement, Advanced Placement, Project Lead the Way
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There has been much attention lavished on the subject of charter schools recently. The proposal of the Red Rock Academy in Berthoud has brought out a lot of emotion and rhetoric by those for and those against the charter school
Much has been written about charter schools in the United States and those articles may help shed some light on charter schools in general.
One of the most important questions is whether charter schools are superior to public schools. The answer seems to be “It
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Some people are in line to make money on this charter school project, but what it will do is to tear our town apart. Berthoud is too small for a charter school. Yes, they can probably do it. The school board will turn the application down and then the state will approve it. This is all planned out already. Why don't the organizers ask the people of Berthoud through a vote and let us see if they are really in this to help the people or just in it for themselves. If the school is built,
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Thompson School District Superintendent Ron Cabrera will be available to meet with members of the community during an informal session Monday, October 10, from 6:30 to 8 a.m. at The Loveland Coffee Company, 620 E. 29th St, Loveland.
Dr. Cabrera will answer questions from staff, parents and other members of the community during the fourth of several informal gatherings at various locations within the district.
This is the second of the monthly coffee meetings for this school year. The
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